Better Technology, New MarketsThe report looks at case studies that illustrate governance lessons and recommendations to assure that fish resources deliver their full contribution to economic growth. Foreign... Show More + arrangements can offer better technologies for fishing and processing while opening up new and more profitable markets for fish products.In the Western Pacific, regional cooperation between neighboring coastal states has allowed greater returns to all countries involved in the tuna fishery. By defining access rights and putting into place uniform and cooperative surveillance and management systems, these small-island developing states have gained more control over their tuna resources. Furthermore, competitive arrangements for distant water nations involved in tuna fishing services significantly increased the flow of benefits to domestic development."All of our efforts are underpinned by a strong commitment to sustainable resource management," said Movick. "Some indi Show Less -

2. How did the Amazon Regional Protected Areas (ARPA) benefit traditional communities in the Amazon?Returning benefits to the people who rely on an area's resources are crucial for a protected area... Show More + to succeed. In some areas, traditional communities had sole access to the land or retained fishing and hunting rights that were otherwise regulated. Families also gained access to government programs that provided conditional cash transfers and rewards for following management plans and enforcing regulations. Lastly, we were successful because of the vast system of protected areas. Rather than implementing individual parks or reserves, we looked at the landscape as a whole while designing the system of protected areas.3. How will you replicate the lessons you learned in the Amazon in your marine management plans?In marine management, as with the Amazon, we will look at traditional community needs first; biodiversity opportunities second; and finally, the needs of the ex Show Less -

But agriculture is not just important to the rural poor. It is also critical to fighting hunger, tackling malnutrition and boosting food security for a population that is expected to reach 9 billion by... Show More + 2050. Agriculture also creates jobs--on farms, in markets, and throughout the farm-to-table food chain. And because agriculture is one of the sectors that is most vulnerable to extreme weather and one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gases—it is also important in the fight against climate change.The World Bank Group has steadily increased its investments in agriculture over the years. In 2014, the Bank Group made $8.3 billion in new commitments to agriculture, establishing itself as a leading financier of the agriculture sector. The majority of Bank lending goes to increasing productivity, food security and improving access to markets. The Bank’s work in agriculture is also aimed at helping farmers cope with risks, reducing gender inequality, making agriculture more Show Less -

In Ethiopia, large-scale restoration of land has transformed the lives of smallholder farmers. The government program, which is partly supported by the World Bank, has boosted the livelihoods of 30 million... Show More + people and helped put 15 million hectares of communal and individual lands to more productive use. “The land here used to be barren and full of rocks rolling down to our villages. The land was so dry and there were no trees on it so our soil used to be washed away,” said farmer Meri geta Hulgize Nurelgne. “With the program, trees have been planted and this new grass you see is either sold or used as cattle feed.” Unemployed youth and landless women have also been able to transition away from subsistence to become entrepreneurs in honey production and other small businesses.Better Resource Management in TanzaniaCaballero also visited Tanzania, where the Bank has been boosting efforts to reverse the degradation of Lake Victoria. The Bank has helped introduce pollution management Show Less -

According to Juergen Voegele, Senior Director, Agriculture Global Practice, “We’re tackling the food insecurity challenge by implementing integrated solutions that cut across sectors. It’s not just a matter... Show More + of sustainable resource management, more efficient storage or even producing more food. It encompasses all of the above—and more.”The Bank is helping countries sustainably manage landscapes such as farms, forests, watersheds and coastal fisheries so that they are more productive. Community management of fisheries has helped restore fish stocks in Senegal, where according to Issa Sagne, President of the Local Committee of Fishers of Ngaparou, “Now, the fish are really abundant.” Climate-Smart Agriculture, which aims to produce more food on less land, improve climate resilience and reduce negative environmental impact, has tripled maize yields in Zambia and improved the incomes of farmers in Costa Rica. The Bank is also empowering the Show Less -

As the situation became dire, worried fishermen rallied the entire village to take action in an effort to save their livelihoods and maintain their way of life. The village came together to establish the... Show More + Local Fishermen’s Committee of Ngaparou (known by its French acronym, CLP), with the goal of implementing a community-based fisheries management aimed at restoring fish stocks and promoting a healthy marine environment. Supported by $15 million dollars in funding from the World Bank, this Senegalese component of the West Africa Regional Fisheries Program (WARFP) enables the people of the Ngaparou to confront the challenge of over-exploited fish resources with sustainable solutions while benefiting from a social safety net.To tackle the problem of overfishing, the CLP had to convince fishermen in Ngaparou “that it was better to refrain from fishing in certain zones in order to benefit from markedly higher fishing yields when these areas, which were subject to protection, are reopened,” Show Less -

Improving agricultural irrigation schemes to obtain larger yieldsApart from reinforcing the riverbanks, the project is also helping residents of Diambacourou and several other villages with the irrigation... Show More + of their rice paddies to increase production. During the rainy season, the lands surrounding these villages are inundated with water for a portion of the year, creating ideal conditions for the use of controlled flooding or swamp rice cultivation, a technique consisting of controlling the entry and exit of water from crop plots by a series of valves.“Improving the irrigation of over 2,000 hectares of land around Diambacourou will allow residents to harvest close to 8,000 metric tons of rice paddy every year, which is approximately a yield of 4 metric tons per hectare,” highlights Emmanuel Nikiema, a World Bank natural resources management specialist in charge of the project.In Tenenkou, support for the production of the wild plant burgu, which flourishes in flooded areas, has helped i Show Less -

The SBF is part of the $29 million Somalia Private Sector Development Re-engagement Project (SOMPREP-II) financed by the World Bank State and Peacebuilding Fund, Danida and Department for International... Show More + Development. SOMPREP-II also supports banking, investment climate and regulatory reforms, as well as public- private partnerships for developing the Port of Berbera and a solid waste management initiative for Hargeisa. These initiatives are backed by continuous policy making and analytical work. Other projects supported by SOMPREP-II include:Managing Household Waste in HargeisaThe capital city of Hargeisa is home to nearly one million people who generate approximately 130, 000 tons of solid waste every year, much of it disposed in ad hoc and unhygienic ways. The SOMPREP-II provided support for the creation of a framework for private sector involvement, following the ratification of a policy and bylaws for solid waste management. The SBF provided support to one of the two private com Show Less -

Protecting a Global Public Good with Information and Innovation“Natural resource law enforcement is a global public good and not enough is being done in this area,” says William Magrath, Lead Natural... Show More + Resources Economist, The World Bank. “Many of the most damaging environmental crimes involve transnational activities, such as smuggling, where the effectiveness of the authorities in any one country is inherently limited. There are big gaps when it comes to financing, policy and capacity, which is why the environment sector in developing countries is more vulnerable to crime than other sectors and international cooperation is essential."The Bank actively identifies investment and policy reform needs so that it can help fill the gaps. Because there is little information on wildlife crimes and networks, the Bank is funding the ICCWC’s work to establish a mechanism for criminal intelligence. To address the lack of country data, the ICCWC’s analysis of wildlife law enforcement Show Less -

Raising community awarenessCommunity participation has been key to Coremap’s success. The sources of damage to the reefs were many, explained Nadjib Prasyad, but most important was the fact that, “People... Show More + actually had no awareness about the dangers if the coral reefs were damaged.”To help communities realize the potential dangers, the government carried out a broad public awareness program, including a radio program aired in the villages, events, and competitions held jointly with communities.The awareness program also aims to educate members of the communities from a young age. The project supported production of materials for primary and secondary schools which teach the students about the importance of coral reefs. The materials were incorporated by the Ministry of Education and inserted in the formal local curriculum for districts where the project is active.Many teachers say that the children are now more aware about the urgency to protect the environment. Rizki, a high schoo Show Less -

Wealth and World Bank Group’s twin goalsThe analyses of 136 countries compiled in the Little Green Data Book found that the share of countries with wealth depletion decreases as income levels increase,... Show More + indicating that poorer countries face severe sustainability challenges. In Sub-Saharan Africa, 28 countries were found to be depleting their wealth in 2010.These findings point to the need for including sustainability as part of the equation. The goals of the World Bank Group are to eradicate poverty and promote shared prosperity. In a world of finite planetary boundaries and natural resources it is important that any progress made toward these twin goals can be sustained in the long run and does not come at the cost of natural capital.To operationalize the twin goals, two indicators—the number of people in extreme poverty and the income growth of the bottom 40 percent—were introduced with their adoption in April 2013. Yet measuring progress toward these goals requires a better understan Show Less -

Serving as business modelThe AREDP support has been “very helpful,” says Nabi. “They are always here checking to see how we might improve.” Nabi has also taken business courses in London, England and is... Show More + eager to apply his skills to the family fish enterprise. “We are doing our level best here, despite the difficulties. If things don’t always go well, maybe slowly, slowly it will get better.”Most recently, the family suffered a devastating setback after their entire pond of potential ‘breeders’ for the 2013 season died in one night. They’re not sure what happened. A video taken the next day shows dozens of dead fish floating on the pond’s surface.Now the family will struggle to purchase fish for this breeding season while hoping their next batch, still thriving in another pond, survives until next year. To date, the family has been a key source of fingerlings for as many as 450 owners of fish ponds elsewhere in eastern Afghanistan, says Niamat Rasool, AREDP’s business development servic Show Less -

Serving as business modelThe AREDP support has been “very helpful,” says Nabi. “They are always here checking to see how we might improve.” Nabi has also taken business courses in London, England and is... Show More + eager to apply his skills to the family fish enterprise. “We are doing our level best here, despite the difficulties. If things don’t always go well, maybe slowly, slowly it will get better.”Most recently, the family suffered a devastating setback after their entire pond of potential ‘breeders’ for the 2013 season died in one night. They’re not sure what happened. A video taken the next day shows dozens of dead fish floating on the pond’s surface.Now the family will struggle to purchase fish for this breeding season while hoping their next batch, still thriving in another pond, survives until next year. To date, the family has been a key source of fingerlings for as many as 450 owners of fish ponds elsewhere in eastern Afghanistan, says Niamat Rasool, AREDP’s business development servic Show Less -

Bangladesh has come a long way since the early 1970s, when attaining food security was a distant dream. Now, the country is able to feed its own population. Pockets of extreme poverty still persist though,... Show More + especially in areas with unfavorable agricultural environments. The Bangladesh Integrated Agricultural Productivity Project (IAPP) aims to enhance the productivity of agriculture, including livestock and fisheries, in pilot areas, which are particularly prone to adverse seasonal weather conditions such as droughts and flash floods.ChallengeAgriculture provides livelihoods for over 60% of the population of Bangladesh. However, people living in the flash flood and drought prone districts in the northwest and the saline affected tidal surge areas in the south struggle to produce enough food to eat or earn a decent living. Development indicators show that these regions suffer from higher poverty than the national average. The latest Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES, 2008) in Show Less -

Improving life for farmers and fishermenThe MDTF-N, a $585 million fund from the government of Sudan and 10 international donors, worked in several sectors to reduce poverty and build institutional capacity... Show More + to provide Sudan’s 37 million citizens with better services.The Fund supported the completion of the fifth national population census which provided important data for policy making, strengthening of public financial management, training of thousands of government officials and rural development programs that are helping to diversify the economy. Community–based infrastructure, services and employment initiatives are building skills and assets at the local level, benefitting 780,000 people—more than double the initial target.The MDTF-N livestock project, for instance, improved the lives of more than 137,325 people by creating six new markets, investing in veterinary care and demarcating pastoral routes for herders to avoid land use conflicts.“Now we have a large, strong herd of Show Less -

LAGOS STATE, May 12, 2014 – After years of trying to sell agricultural products internationally, Nigeria’s fish farmers have finally broken into the international market.Branded smoked fish produced by... Show More + fish farmers in Lagos State is now selling in the United States. With the success of the smoked fish, branded cashew nuts produced in Enugu are also being evaluated for sale internationally.The breakthrough comes in part from the success of the Commercial Agriculture Development Project (CADP), supported by the World Bank. Through CADP, farmers were introduced to new smoking kiln technology that improved fish processing by reducing the smoke level to internationally acceptable standards.As a result of new techniques, Tunde Sanni, a member of Post-Harvest Commercial Fish Processor Commodity Interest Group (CIG) and owner of Tee Ess Farms in Lagos, was recently certified by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to produce smoked fish for the U.S.“Before the CADP intervention Show Less -

Women as agents of changeWomen played a particularly active role and their contribution to the revitalization of the canal was critical. “You should have seen us women as we pulled on pants and dived into... Show More + that mud to dredge this canal in order to get the result that you are looking at now,” says Abalo Sodohoin, with a satisfied smile. Ms. Sodohoin is the chair of the canal management committee, an organization established to ensure the maintenance of the canal. Thirteen of the seventeen members of the organization are women.After four months of grueling labor, the village residents dredged an area measuring roughly 5 km long and 40 m wide to open up the canal bed. “People who had to abandon their homes because of flooding were able to return. This effort helped rally villagers around a common goal— that of reviving economic activities and improving residents’ living conditions,” notes Amidou Morou, the IDLM project coordinator.Now that the canal has been rehabilitated, econom Show Less -

BOKO, March 11, 2014 -- Year after year, Libore Nassisou, 45, waited to catch a decent-sized fish from a prominent canal located in southeast Togo’s Boko village. The years turned into decades as the canal’s... Show More + perennial problems of silt build-up and blockage from invasive plant species led to fewer fish and flooding. This made the Boko fisherman wonder if his once thriving community, heavily dependent on its fishing economy, would ever rebuild itself.It did. Thanks to the strong spirit of the community and its partners, the canal has been revitalized, flooding reduced and the canal is now producing the largest fish in decades. “It has been decades and a long wait since the last time we caught a fish of this size in the canal [indicating a large fish with his hands], Nassisou said. “Since the opening of the canal, there is a noticeable migration of fish from Lake Zowla into the waters of Boko.”With the support of the World Bank’s Integrated Disaster and Land Management project (IDLM) Show Less -

Making aquaculture sustainableAs the global population inches towards nine billion by 2050, there will be a need for more food and jobs—which a growing aquaculture industry can help meet. But it needs... Show More + to be practiced responsibly.The risks and environmental impacts of some aquaculture practices have made headlines in recent years. The disease outbreaks in shrimp aquaculture in China, Thailand and Vietnam and in salmon farming in Chile illustrate some of the industry’s challenges. But the growth of aquaculture also presents countries with the opportunity to expand and improve fish farming so that it is sustainable and environmentally-responsible.“We continue to see excessive and irresponsible harvesting in capture fisheries, and in aquaculture, disease outbreaks, among other things, have heavily impacted production,” says Juergen Voegele, Director of Agriculture and Environmental Services at the World Bank. “There is a major opportunity for developing countries that are prepared to inves Show Less -

Redefining what’s possible in ocean health and human well-beingThe Blue Ribbon Panel recommends that the GPO—and others making future ocean investments—base their approach on five key principles that integrate... Show More + social, economic and ecological considerations.Taking a holistic view of the ocean challenge, the principles prioritize GPO investments that advance sustainable livelihoods, social equity and food security; ocean health; effective governance systems; capacity-building and innovation and are viable in the long term. The principle-based strategy will help the GPO make smart decisions on where, when, and how it can have the highest impact.There is no one-size-fits-all solution to the ocean challenge. But there are solutions that can benefit both oceans and economies. By coming together at this critical time in history, the GPO’s message is clear: it’s in everyone’s best interest to revive ailing oceans for future generations. Show Less -